"After Like" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

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for their third

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. It was released as the single album's lead single by

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on August 22, 2022. It is a

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song that draws from EDM,

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with lyrics about "showing your love methods with actions rather than your heart". "After Like" was a commercial success in South Korea and topped the

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for four weeks, becoming Ive's second number-one single. It reached the top ten in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam, as well as on the ''Billboard'' Global Excl. US chart. The song has been certified platinum for streaming in South Korea. , the accompanying music video for the song has reached 250 million views and is Ive's most watched music video as well as the most watched video on Starship Entertainment's

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channel.

Background and release

On July 24, 2022, Starship Entertainment announced that Ive would be releasing their third single album, ''After Like'', on August 22. On August 7, the track listing was released, with "After Like" announced as the lead single. On August 19, the music video teaser was released. On August 21, the song was partially pre-released on

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. The song was released alongside its music video and the single album on August 22. On November 16, the "holiday remix" version was released on

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as part of the Spotify Holiday Singles project.

Composition

The lyrics of "After Like" were written primarily by

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with Mommy Son, and

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participating in the writing of rap lyrics. The song was composed and arranged primarily by Ryan S. Jhun and Anders Nilsen; André Jensen and

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also participated in composition, while Avin and Slay contributed to arrangement. Musically, "After Like" was described as a

song that draws from EDM,

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with lyrics about "showing your love methods with actions rather than your heart". "After Like" was composed in the key of

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, with a

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of 125 beats per minute. The instrumental break interpolates "

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Commercial performance

"After Like" debuted at number three on South Korea's

in the chart issue dated August 21–27, 2022, ascending to number one in the following week. The song became their first song to achieve a perfect all-kill (PAK). The song also debuted at number four on the ''

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in the chart issue dated September 3, 2022, ascending to number two in the following week. In Japan, the song debuted at number 13 on the ''

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in the chart issue dated August 31, 2022. On the

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, the song debuted at number 11 in the chart issue dated September 5, 2022. In Singapore, "After Like" debuted at number two on the RIAS Top Streaming Songs and Top Regional Songs in the chart issue dated August 19–25, 2022. It also debuted at number three on the ''Billboard'' Singapore Songs in the chart issue dated September 3, 2022, ascending to number two in the following week. In Malaysia, the song debuted at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Malaysia Songs in the chart issue dated September 3, 2022, ascending to number five in the following week. In Indonesia, the song debuted at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Indonesia Songs in the chart issue dated September 10, 2022. In Philippines, the song debuted at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Philippines Songs in the chart issue dated September 10, 2022. In Hong Kong, the song debuted at number 14 on the ''Billboard''

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in the chart issue dated September 3, 2022. In Taiwan, the song debuted at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Taiwan Songs in the chart issue dated September 3, 2022, ascending to number five in the following week. In Vietnam, the song debuted at number 10 on the ''

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in the chart issue dated September 1, 2022, ascending to number nine in the following week. In United States, "After Like" debuted at number three on the ''Billboard''

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in the chart issue dated September 3, 2022. In Canada, the song debuted at number 96 on the ''Billboard''

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in the chart issue dated September 10, 2022. In Australia, the song debuted at number 79 on the

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Top 100 Singles Chart in the chart issue dated September 5, 2022. In New Zealand, the song debuted at number four on the

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Hot Singles in the chart issue dated August 29, 2022. Globally, the song debuted at number 48 on the ''Billboard''

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, and number 27 on the ''Billboard'' Global Excl. U.S. in the chart issue dated September 3, 2022. It ascended to number nine on the ''Billboard'' Global Excl. U.S. in the following week.

Promotion

Following the release of ''After Like'', the group performed "After Like" on four music programs in the first week:

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'' on August 25,

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'' on August 26, MBC's ''

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'' on August 27, and SBS's ''

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'' on August 28. In the second week, they performed on six music programs:

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'' on August 31, ''M Countdown'' on September 1, ''Music Bank'' on September 2, ''Show! Music Core'' on September 3, and ''Inkigayo'' on September 4, where they won first place for all appearances except ''M Countdown'' and ''Inkigayo''. In the third week, the group performed on three music programs: ''The Show'' on September 6, ''Show Champion'' on September 7, ''M Countdown'' on September 8, where they won first place for all appearances except ''M Countdown''.

Music video

The music video was released alongside the song itself by

on August 22, 2022. Within an hour of release, the view count surpassed two million, and 16 million within 16 hours of its release. On September 26, 2022, the music video surpassed 100 million views on

. , the music video has reached 250 million views, is the most watched music video of Ive, and is the most watched video on Starship Entertainment's youtube channel.

Accolades

"After Like" won 14 first place music program awards. It also won a

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Weekly Popularity Award for the week of September 2, 2022.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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– vocals ** Ive (Rei) – lyrics (

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– lyrics * Mommy Son – lyrics (rap) * Ryan S. Jhun –

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* Anders Nilsen – composition, arrangement * – composition *

– composition * Avin – arrangement * Slay – arrangement

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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Background and release

Composition

Commercial performance

Promotion

Music video

Accolades

Credits and personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

References